by Ganesh Sahatheva
While ASIO boss Mike Burgess' warns again of infiltration, and this time with evidence of actual infiltration, NSW remains the first and only jurisdiction in the world to grant a Chinese Communist Party linked entity, Top Education Group Ltd, the right to issue law degrees in Australia for admission to practise in Australia.
Thursday, October 19, 2023
ASIO chief Mike Burgess says China theft of intellectual property and spying "unprecedented in human history" but meanwhile NSW remains the first and only jurisdiction in the world to grant a Chinese Communist Party linked entity, Top Education Group Ltd, the right to issue law degrees - Top Group is also a conduit into Australia for the banned Huawei and iFlytek
by Ganesh Sahathevan
“I recognise that all nations spy,.........all nations seek secrets, and all nations seek strategic advantage. But the behaviour we’re talking about here goes beyond traditional espionage – and the threat is that we have the Chinese government engaged in the most sustained, scaled, and sophisticated theft of intellectual property – and acquisition of expertise – that is unprecedented in human history.”
TO BE READ WITH
NSW and Australia the first and only jurisdiction in the world to grant a Chinese Communist Party linked entity the right to issue law degrees: The case of NSW LPAB Chairman Tom Bathurst & Zhu Minshen likely to attract scrutiny from Malaysia, Singapore and UK authorities;Bathurst conduct in the Malaysian affair will add to suspicion
by Ganesh Sahathevan
Ambassador Cheng Jingye Pays an Official Visit to the State of New
South Wales (2016/08/16)
The decision to grant Zhu Minshen and his Top Group the right to issue law degrees is exceptional not only in Australia but in the world.No other country is known to have granted a China controlled entity the privilege of overseeing the training and regulation of its lawyers.
While Australian authorities may be reluctant to say or do anything about the exception granted Zhu, regulatory authorities in especially Malaysia and Singapore are quite likely to have launched their own investigations into the matter given the security implications. Australian lawyers often find work in Malaysia and Singapore and are often engaged in complex, high end work. Security has not likely to have been an issue for these were graduates of well known universities of known heritage. Having lawyers trained in a Chinese linked organisation changes things, and raises questions about the types of links that these lawyers may have to Communist Party Of China entities.
Zhu Misnhen's Communist Party China links and political activities are an obvious red flag for any security agency, even if these are ignored in Australia. In his 2018 book "Silent Invasion" Professor Clive Hamilton reports that Top Education Group's Zhu Minshen organised students, including students from his Top Education Institute to protest against Tibetans at a 2008 Olympic Torch rally which counted towards the Top students’ assessment. As Hamilton put it, Zhu’s Top Institution is “perhaps the only accredited degree program in Australia that counts agitating for a foreign power towards its qualifications.”
Other Commonwealth jurisdictions are likely to be concerned as well, given that Australian admitted lawyers can seek admission to practise law in other Commonwealth jurisdictions with relative ease.
The United Kingdom is likely to be especially interested, given the number of Australian admitted lawyers that have sought work and admission in the UK over more than a century.
Zhu and Top owe their exalted position in Australia and NSW's legal establishment to the NSW Legal Profession Admission Board and its chairman, the NSW Chief Justice Tom Bathurst (pictured above) who granted Top and Zhu the license to issue law degrees and create lawyers for admission to practise in NSW and Australia.
The NSW LPAB and the Chief Justice are already under scrutiny in Malaysia, where the conduct of the College Of Law Sydney over which they have regulatory oversight, is being investigated. Issues of concern include the College's exaggerated claims about its historical contributions to the Malaysian legal profession. The NSW LPAB and Chief Justice Bathurst ignored information against the College provided by Malaysian authorities, including the Registrar of Malaysia's highest court, the Federal Court. They then attempted to discredit the investigation into the College's conduct led by this writer.
The Chief Justice has refused to answer all and any questions about his and the NSW LPAB's dealings with Zhu Minshen.
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TO BE READ IWTH
NSW Chief Justice Tom Bathurst will soon admit to legal practise Zhu Minshen's law graduates: Bathurst met with China Ambassador Cheng Jingye in 2016 & must explain what was discussed; Cheng's threat to harm the Australian economy demands that Bathurst provide complete details of dealings with Cheng,and Zhu.
South Wales (2016/08/16)
The decision to grant Zhu Minshen and his Top Group the right to issue law degrees is exceptional not only in Australia but in the world.No other country is known to have granted a China controlled entity the privilege of overseeing the training and regulation of its lawyers.
While Australian authorities may be reluctant to say or do anything about the exception granted Zhu, regulatory authorities in especially Malaysia and Singapore are quite likely to have launched their own investigations into the matter given the security implications. Australian lawyers often find work in Malaysia and Singapore and are often engaged in complex, high end work. Security has not likely to have been an issue for these were graduates of well known universities of known heritage. Having lawyers trained in a Chinese linked organisation changes things, and raises questions about the types of links that these lawyers may have to Communist Party Of China entities.
Zhu Misnhen's Communist Party China links and political activities are an obvious red flag for any security agency, even if these are ignored in Australia. In his 2018 book "Silent Invasion" Professor Clive Hamilton reports that Top Education Group's Zhu Minshen organised students, including students from his Top Education Institute to protest against Tibetans at a 2008 Olympic Torch rally which counted towards the Top students’ assessment. As Hamilton put it, Zhu’s Top Institution is “perhaps the only accredited degree program in Australia that counts agitating for a foreign power towards its qualifications.”
Other Commonwealth jurisdictions are likely to be concerned as well, given that Australian admitted lawyers can seek admission to practise law in other Commonwealth jurisdictions with relative ease.
The United Kingdom is likely to be especially interested, given the number of Australian admitted lawyers that have sought work and admission in the UK over more than a century.
Zhu and Top owe their exalted position in Australia and NSW's legal establishment to the NSW Legal Profession Admission Board and its chairman, the NSW Chief Justice Tom Bathurst (pictured above) who granted Top and Zhu the license to issue law degrees and create lawyers for admission to practise in NSW and Australia.
The NSW LPAB and the Chief Justice are already under scrutiny in Malaysia, where the conduct of the College Of Law Sydney over which they have regulatory oversight, is being investigated. Issues of concern include the College's exaggerated claims about its historical contributions to the Malaysian legal profession. The NSW LPAB and Chief Justice Bathurst ignored information against the College provided by Malaysian authorities, including the Registrar of Malaysia's highest court, the Federal Court. They then attempted to discredit the investigation into the College's conduct led by this writer.
The Chief Justice has refused to answer all and any questions about his and the NSW LPAB's dealings with Zhu Minshen.
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TO BE READ IWTH
NSW Chief Justice Tom Bathurst will soon admit to legal practise Zhu Minshen's law graduates: Bathurst met with China Ambassador Cheng Jingye in 2016 & must explain what was discussed; Cheng's threat to harm the Australian economy demands that Bathurst provide complete details of dealings with Cheng,and Zhu.
